Premier Health & Holistic Medicine Blog 

I’d like to talk to you about healthy eating.  It’s best if you eat foods that most closely resemble the form that you find in nature. These whole foods are not going to come in a package, can, box, or fast food restaurants.  Ideally your plate should be very colorful, preferably having very equal groups of vegetables, fruits, proteins, fats, …

Have you ever wondered about two very different symptoms that you’re having and if they could be related? Take for example itching and brain fog. Those both can happen from toxin overload in your body. Toxins can come from many things: Foods we eat, household products, what we breathe, and much more.  We do functional testing here at Premier …

Have you ever been bit by a tick? Have you been diagnosed with fibromyalgia? Have you been diagnosed with chronic fatigue? If you’ve answered “Yes” to any of these questions, then there’s a high risk that you might have lyme disease.  If you have low energy, sore muscles, difficulty with memory or attention, or doctor’s haven’t been able to find …

You think you have it but all of the tests have come back negative. Well, it’s only about 50% accurate. In Virginia, physicians are supposed to explain this to you in case it comes back negative. And the same goes for when it comes back positive.  There are many tests out there and they all have their limitations and can be expensive.  We …

I’m always humbled by the amount of information out there. Functional medicine is the leader in taking this knowledge and transforming people’s lives with it.  I wanted to talk to you about why healing gets stuck.  In chronic disease, cell to cell communication is blocked. Mitochondria was once thought to only produce energy, but research has …

If you are one of the 300 thousand people diagnosed with Lyme disease annually, and have been treated but not fully recovered, I know 7 secrets that can help you. The body is designed to heal itself but it needs the right building blocks to optimize your health.  There are 7 reasons why you may not be fully recovered: Clean water Getting …

Some people wonder if they have lyme disease or not.  They’re fatigued, have memory issues, and joint pain. Are they related to tick-borne illness or not? When you have anxiety or low energy, could that still be lyme disease? It can mimic many other diseases. It can evade the immune system and hide in joints or the central nervous …

True or False - Organic foods have more vitamins and nutrients than non organic foods?  False. The difference is not in the vitamins or nutrients but rather the amount of pesticides and toxins the non organic foods have.  These toxins affect our health in a negative way. This is why buying organic is very important. You’re exposing …

I’d like to talk to you about your immune system. I’m sure you’ve even thought of it more during this pandemic.  Our environment and genes play a major role in how much inflammation our bodies experience. We want everything to be functioning optimally.  Functional medicine addresses these principles to reduce inflammation and immune system …

Did you know that you have two brains? ...Not the one we all know of, but the one that’s in your gut! Scientists call this the enteric nervous system or ENS. There are over 100 million nerve cells in that intestinal lining. It communicates back and forth with the brain. Researchers have found that irritation in our GI system affects our metabolism, …